JPS6215579Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a wire harness protector suitable for converging and holding a wire harness, and particularly to a wire harness protector that can reliably engage a protector body and a clamp.

Conventional wire harness protectors have integrally formed a protector body for converging the wire harness and a clamp for fixing the protector body to a support member such as a body of an automobile or a chassis. In order to prevent the wire harness from loosening or swinging during use, a method of fixing the wire harness to a clamp with tape or the like has been adopted. In this configuration, the dimensions between the clamps must be accurately taken, and due to variations in the clamp mounting hole positions or dimensional errors between the clamps, it may become impossible to mount the protector body or the clamps, and the work must be redone. There were disadvantages such as being forced to. For this reason,
It has also been devised that the wire harness protector is separated into a protector body and a clamp, and a slide groove is provided on the side surface of the protector body, and a fitting member is provided on the clamp. In this configuration, the wire harness is held by the protector main body, the clamp is fixed to the support member, and the fitting member is held by fitting the slide groove. However, since the fitting member and the slide groove are merely slidably fitted together, there is a risk that they may come off due to vibration.

The present invention was developed by focusing on the above-mentioned drawbacks.The protector body is made of an elastic material, and the protector body and the clamp are fitted tightly together.
To provide a wire harness protector that does not easily become disconnected due to vibration or the like.

Another object of the present invention is to prevent the hook of the protector from coming off when the protector body and the clamp are fitted together.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a protector main body 1, which is made of an elastic material such as rubber or soft plastic and has a slightly U-shaped cross section. There is. In the center of the connecting side wall 2 of the protector body 1, a slide groove 3 having a substantially T-shaped cross section and opening to the outside of the connecting side wall 2 is provided in the longitudinal direction.

Therefore, in the connecting side wall 2, a connecting wall 2c having a flexible elasticity is formed in the inner central part, and upper and lower side walls 2c having a flexible elasticity are formed on the outside with a slide groove in between.
a and 2b are connected to each other via the connecting wall 2c.

Further, the free ends of the lid plate 4 and the bottom plate 5 which are connected to each other on the upper and lower sides of the connecting side wall 2 are bent downward and upward so as to face each other, and hook-shaped hooks 6 and 7 are provided at the tips of the free ends 4a and 5a, respectively. is forming.

The connecting side wall 2 is bent in a dogleg shape toward the inside of the protector main body 1 so that the slide groove 3 forms the bottom surface of the recess.

Therefore, the upper and lower side walls 2a, 2 of the connecting side wall 2
b is inclined in the vertical direction by an angle θ, and the connecting wall 2c is also curved in a substantially dogleg shape.

The protector main body 1 forms a rectangular space in which the connecting side wall 2, cover plate 4, and bottom plate 5 converge, insert, and hold the wire harness, and the hooks 6 and 7 are hooked so as to engage with each other. The shapes are formed to face each other.

Figure 2 shows the clamp 8.
is made of a somewhat hard material such as hard plastic. In this clamp 8, a fitting member 10 having a T-shaped cross section that fits into the slide groove 3 is horizontally provided on one side of a flat board 9, and a fitting member 10 having a T-shaped cross section that fits into the slide groove 3 is installed on the other side of the board 9. , a hook-shaped split pin 11 for fitting and fixing to a supporting member such as a chassis.
is installed protrudingly.

FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the split pin 11, which consists of a pair of pin shafts 11a and a hook-shaped head 11.
A pin shaft 11a is implanted in the base plate 9, and a hook-shaped head 11b is connected outwardly to the tip of the pin shaft 11a.

Next, the method of use will be explained with reference to FIG.

First, open the lid 4 and bottom plate 5 of the protector body 1, focus and hold the wire harness A in the mouth-shaped space of the protector body 1, and then connect the hooks 6 and 7.
hook to clamp and secure wire harness A.

Next, the clamp 8 is inserted from one end of the slide groove 3.
The fitting member 10 is inserted, and the protector main body 1 and the clamp 8 are fitted. At this time, the upper and lower side walls 2a, 2b and the connecting wall 2c of the connecting side wall 2, which are normally bent or curved in a dogleg shape, become approximately straight due to their elastic deformation, and each side wall 2a, 2b is always connected to the fitting member. 10 is strongly pressed by the elastic restoring force, the protector body 1 is pressed against the clamp 8.
It is firmly supported without being able to swing vertically.

Next, move the clamp 8 and remove the split pin 1.
1 into the locking hole 13 of the chassis 12. When the pin shaft 11a and the hook-shaped head 11b of the split pin 11 are pressed in the direction B in the figure, their diameter can be reduced due to their elasticity, and the split pin 11 can be fitted into the locking hole 13. This allows the protector body 1 to be easily fixed to and removed from the chassis 12 at a desired position.

If the protector body 1 is made sufficiently long and shaped like a gutter, it can be used not only for converging and holding the wire harness, but also as a protector for the wire harness itself. Furthermore, if the protector main body 1 is short, it can be used as a wire harness clip. Furthermore, the dividing pin 11 may be provided on the fitting member 10 side of the substrate 9.

As explained above, the present invention provides a slide groove on the side surface of the main body of the protector that collects and holds the wire harness, and fits into the substrate of the clamp that is removably latched to a support member such as an automobile chassis body. Since a member is provided and the fitting member is slid and fitted into the slide groove, it is easy to bundle and hold the wire harness, and it also eliminates the need for strict dimensional accuracy when manufacturing the wire harness protector itself. It is easy to manufacture. Further, since the protector body is made of an elastic material and the connecting side walls are bent inward, the protector body and the clamp are in close contact with each other and are not easily disengaged due to vibration or the like.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the wire harness protector of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the protector body, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the clamp, Fig. 3 is a side view of the split pin, and Fig. 4 is a diagram of the wire harness. FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the protector in use. 1...Protector main body, 2...Connection side wall, 3...
...Slide groove, 8...Clamp, 10...Fitting member.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a protector body made of an elastic material and having a slightly cross-sectional shape for clamping and fixing a wire harness, the connecting side wall constituting the protector body has a substantially T-shaped cross section that opens outward and is provided in the longitudinal direction of the center of the protector body. A connecting wall having flexible elasticity, which is bent in an L-shape inside the protector body with the slide groove as the bottom surface of the recess, and the upper and lower side walls formed on the outside of the connecting side wall are formed inside the connecting side wall by the slide groove. A wire harness protector characterized by being formed in a continuous manner through a wire harness protector.